NYPD GUN RANGE TEST 4 COMPLETE
PREPARATION GUIDE WITH MARKSMANSHIP
AND WEAPON HANDLING BASICS
◉ Accountability for using force.
Answer: The obligation of police officers to justify their use of force
and adhere to legal and departmental standards.
◉ Tools for gaining compliance.
Answer: Options available to police officers to manage resistance
and ensure cooperation from individuals.
◉ Skilled use of options.
Answer: The ability to apply force appropriately based on the
specific circumstances of a situation.
◉ Department's method for analyzing situations.
Answer: A systematic approach developed by the police department
to evaluate incidents and choose appropriate force alternatives.
◉ De-escalation.
,Answer: Taking action to stabilize a situation and reducing the
immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and/or
resources become available (e.g., tactical communication, requesting
a supervisor, additional MOS - Members of the Service, etc.).
◉ Physical Force.
Answer: That type of force not amounting to deadly physical force;
e.g., punches, kicking, pushing, grabbing, holding, restraining, etc.
◉ Deadly Physical Force.
Answer: Physical force which, under the circumstances in which it is
used, is readily capable of causing death or other serious physical
injury; (e.g., shoot, stab, strike with a weapon, etc.)
◉ Physical Injury (PI).
Answer: Impairment of physical condition or substantial pain; (e.g.,
swollen eye, sprain, etc.). The injury does not have to be visible as
the victim can have internal unseen injuries.
◉ Serious Physical Injury (SPI).
Answer: Physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or
which causes death or serious and protracted disfigurement,
protracted impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of
the function of any bodily organ; (e.g., broken bones, amputation,
disfigurement, severed arteries, etc.)
,◉ A Person Licensed or Privileged.
Answer: A person who has the right to be in a building or upon a
premises. This includes owners, tenants and authorized guests or
employees, etc. In addition, police officers or peace officers acting in
the performance of their duties are considered to be licensed and
privileged.
◉ Legal Standards for Use of Force.
Answer: Standards found in the New York State Penal Law sections
on Justification, as well as in federal court interpretations of the
Constitution, which draw the distinction between force that is legally
justifiable and force that is criminal.
◉ Department's Standards for Use of Force.
Answer: Standards that are more restrictive than the legal
standards, meaning not all legally justifiable force is acceptable in
the agency.
◉ Circumstances for Use of Force.
Answer: Focuses upon the circumstances that exist at the instant
that officers use force, which will be reviewed by the Department.
◉ Tactics Review.
, Answer: The careful review by the Department of the tactics used by
officers in determining whether a use of force was within policy.
◉ Objectively reasonable conduct.
Answer: The standard by which the Department determines if the
amount of force used by its members is acceptable.
◉ Reasonable amount of force.
Answer: A level of force that can safely accomplish a legitimate
police objective under the circumstances facing the officer at the
time of the incident.
◉ Totality of the facts.
Answer: The complete set of circumstances known to the officer at
the time that the force was used.
◉ Emotionally disturbed person (EDP).
Answer: An individual exhibiting emotional distress, which may lead
to dangerous behavior.
◉ Lawful but Awful.
Answer: A situation where the use of deadly physical force is legally
justified but morally questionable due to poor tactics.
PREPARATION GUIDE WITH MARKSMANSHIP
AND WEAPON HANDLING BASICS
◉ Accountability for using force.
Answer: The obligation of police officers to justify their use of force
and adhere to legal and departmental standards.
◉ Tools for gaining compliance.
Answer: Options available to police officers to manage resistance
and ensure cooperation from individuals.
◉ Skilled use of options.
Answer: The ability to apply force appropriately based on the
specific circumstances of a situation.
◉ Department's method for analyzing situations.
Answer: A systematic approach developed by the police department
to evaluate incidents and choose appropriate force alternatives.
◉ De-escalation.
,Answer: Taking action to stabilize a situation and reducing the
immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and/or
resources become available (e.g., tactical communication, requesting
a supervisor, additional MOS - Members of the Service, etc.).
◉ Physical Force.
Answer: That type of force not amounting to deadly physical force;
e.g., punches, kicking, pushing, grabbing, holding, restraining, etc.
◉ Deadly Physical Force.
Answer: Physical force which, under the circumstances in which it is
used, is readily capable of causing death or other serious physical
injury; (e.g., shoot, stab, strike with a weapon, etc.)
◉ Physical Injury (PI).
Answer: Impairment of physical condition or substantial pain; (e.g.,
swollen eye, sprain, etc.). The injury does not have to be visible as
the victim can have internal unseen injuries.
◉ Serious Physical Injury (SPI).
Answer: Physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or
which causes death or serious and protracted disfigurement,
protracted impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of
the function of any bodily organ; (e.g., broken bones, amputation,
disfigurement, severed arteries, etc.)
,◉ A Person Licensed or Privileged.
Answer: A person who has the right to be in a building or upon a
premises. This includes owners, tenants and authorized guests or
employees, etc. In addition, police officers or peace officers acting in
the performance of their duties are considered to be licensed and
privileged.
◉ Legal Standards for Use of Force.
Answer: Standards found in the New York State Penal Law sections
on Justification, as well as in federal court interpretations of the
Constitution, which draw the distinction between force that is legally
justifiable and force that is criminal.
◉ Department's Standards for Use of Force.
Answer: Standards that are more restrictive than the legal
standards, meaning not all legally justifiable force is acceptable in
the agency.
◉ Circumstances for Use of Force.
Answer: Focuses upon the circumstances that exist at the instant
that officers use force, which will be reviewed by the Department.
◉ Tactics Review.
, Answer: The careful review by the Department of the tactics used by
officers in determining whether a use of force was within policy.
◉ Objectively reasonable conduct.
Answer: The standard by which the Department determines if the
amount of force used by its members is acceptable.
◉ Reasonable amount of force.
Answer: A level of force that can safely accomplish a legitimate
police objective under the circumstances facing the officer at the
time of the incident.
◉ Totality of the facts.
Answer: The complete set of circumstances known to the officer at
the time that the force was used.
◉ Emotionally disturbed person (EDP).
Answer: An individual exhibiting emotional distress, which may lead
to dangerous behavior.
◉ Lawful but Awful.
Answer: A situation where the use of deadly physical force is legally
justified but morally questionable due to poor tactics.
